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he was born -- [laughter] right on the north carolina/south carolina border. both states have claimed him at various times. polk's family moved to tennessee when he was 11, but he returned to north carolina to attend the university of chapel hill. graduated with first honors in mathematics and the classics. then he went back to tennessee and became a lawyer and politician. he was so closely allied with andrew jackson that he was called young hickory. this was a huge advantage because no one knew, first of all, when he ran in 1844 who polk was. but because jackson was the most popular president of his era, being associated with him was great thing. in 844 -- 1844 polk had become the first dark horse presidential nominee. kind of emerged from the democratic convention in baltimore. as a compromise candidate to hold the party together, he pledged to serve one term, and he stuck to his pledge. polk once wrote in his diary that he's the hardest-working man in america, and if he wasn't that, he's certainly the hardest working american president. his every waking hou
he was born -- [laughter] right on the north carolina/south carolina border. both states have claimed him at various times. polk's family moved to tennessee when he was 11, but he returned to north carolina to attend the university of chapel hill. graduated with first honors in mathematics and the classics. then he went back to tennessee and became a lawyer and politician. he was so closely allied with andrew jackson that he was called young hickory. this was a huge advantage because no one...
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it was recorded on the university of virginia in charlottesville, north carolina. >> joining us here at the university of virginia is the author of this book, "vladimir putin and russian statecraft". allen lynch, would you describe russia as a democracy? >> guest: it is certainly not a political democracy. at the same time, president clinton is very popular. in fact, it has increased since he was reelected on march 4, and i will talk about 60%. that is according to an independent russian polling agency. there are very interesting paradoxes here. chancery has obtained documentation to legitimacy. but he certainly avoided the first elements in russian society. he has constructed a very interesting lyrical machine that has combined the forms of democracy without the substance. >> host: why is vladimir putin, why did he get reelected and markets the popular? >> guest: let me go back four years. in 2007-2008, he was reaching the end of his second term it as president. that was me and the end according to the constitution, to terms in a row. most russians, both elite and society, that puti
it was recorded on the university of virginia in charlottesville, north carolina. >> joining us here at the university of virginia is the author of this book, "vladimir putin and russian statecraft". allen lynch, would you describe russia as a democracy? >> guest: it is certainly not a political democracy. at the same time, president clinton is very popular. in fact, it has increased since he was reelected on march 4, and i will talk about 60%. that is according to an...
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c-span: you were in north carolina for how long? >> guest: nearly seven years, just a bit shy of seven years. c-span: another senator, a republican by the name of jesse helms is from that state. for purposes of our discussion, what's the difference between southerner jesse helms and southerner strom thurmond? >> guest: let me start with what i think is something important, and it has to do with the men's backgrounds. senator thurmond has had a 65-year public career. this is a man who loves politics -- who lives, sleeps, eats and breathes it. he ran for his first office when he was 26 years old, superintendent of the edgefield county schools, state senator, judge, governor, united states senator. his entire life has been out among people as a politician. i don't use that word pejoratively, but listening to people, talking to people, feeding off of that. if my memory is correct, senator helms was a strategist, a first in the political scene in the '50s working on a senate campaign. he was also a radio broadcaster and then stepped into
c-span: you were in north carolina for how long? >> guest: nearly seven years, just a bit shy of seven years. c-span: another senator, a republican by the name of jesse helms is from that state. for purposes of our discussion, what's the difference between southerner jesse helms and southerner strom thurmond? >> guest: let me start with what i think is something important, and it has to do with the men's backgrounds. senator thurmond has had a 65-year public career. this is a man...
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i represent eastern part of north carolina. 24 counties east of raleigh, north carolina. have been in congress for eight years. serve on energy commerce committee. serve as chief deputy whip of the democratic caucus and vice-chair of the congressional black caucus. we're very busy here in washington. i want to thank you very much for coming today to have this important conversation with us. i bring greetings to you from my home church, the jackson chapel first missionary baptist church of wilson, north carolina. always like to do that very briefly whenever i speak to church affiliated organizations but i'm told today that i am standing in for the illustrious john lewis. how in the world do you stand in the shoes of john lewis? sort of remind me when king was assassinated and ralph david abernathy who ascended to the chairman of sclc. he said how in the world do you stand in the shoes of dr. king. that's where i find myself today. but we're here today today to talk about voting rights. voting rights is a conversation that we must have. it's critically, critically important
i represent eastern part of north carolina. 24 counties east of raleigh, north carolina. have been in congress for eight years. serve on energy commerce committee. serve as chief deputy whip of the democratic caucus and vice-chair of the congressional black caucus. we're very busy here in washington. i want to thank you very much for coming today to have this important conversation with us. i bring greetings to you from my home church, the jackson chapel first missionary baptist church of...
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the presiding officer: the senator from north carolina. mrs. hagan: i come to the floor today to also speak about preserving student loan interest rates from doubling from 3.4% to 6.8%. i'm disappointed that partisan gamesmanship is threatening the financial futures of students in north carolina and around the country. in north carolina we are very proud of our 16 excellent public universities and 58 outstanding community colleges. in addition, dozens of the best private colleges and universities in the nation also call north carolina home. our excellence in higher education sets north carolina apart. business owners i talk to routinely tell me that our highly educated and highly skilled work force is what attracted their companies to north carolina. and there is no doubt that the strength of our economy going forward depends on the continued system of our education, on the continued strength of our education system. however, the cost of college continues to rise in north carolina and across the country. and if congress does not act before july
the presiding officer: the senator from north carolina. mrs. hagan: i come to the floor today to also speak about preserving student loan interest rates from doubling from 3.4% to 6.8%. i'm disappointed that partisan gamesmanship is threatening the financial futures of students in north carolina and around the country. in north carolina we are very proud of our 16 excellent public universities and 58 outstanding community colleges. in addition, dozens of the best private colleges and...
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i track the 26th north carolina. i was trying to make a symbolic point, they were just the regimen is that i wanted to track the told the stories. the 26th north carolina, attacking on the first day of gettysburg, they were the guys that broke through the iron brigade. in doing so they suffered horrendous casualties. they're not engaged on july 2 but they are part of what really should be called the pettigrew charge on july 3. and it appears that at least two of their men made it farther than anybody else in the pettigrew charge. two young guys, one carrying the flag of the regiment and the union soldiers, some of these young guys charging along and they would not shoot them. they just surrounded them and pull them over the wall and capture them. the valor and courage, they just wouldn't shoot them down. this was in the midst of a bloody malay. at gettysburg, the 26th north carolina suffered 85% casualties imagine that, for every 10 soldiers engage, eight and a half art killed, wounded or captured. today, if an ameri
i track the 26th north carolina. i was trying to make a symbolic point, they were just the regimen is that i wanted to track the told the stories. the 26th north carolina, attacking on the first day of gettysburg, they were the guys that broke through the iron brigade. in doing so they suffered horrendous casualties. they're not engaged on july 2 but they are part of what really should be called the pettigrew charge on july 3. and it appears that at least two of their men made it farther than...
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my colleague -- >> will take a break to go live to greensboro, north carolina. this trial has been declared in the campaign-finance chickens from a presidential candidate, john edwards. is to add words to make a statement outside the courthouse. >> well, i wanted to say first, thank you for the jurors and their incredibly hard work and their diligence. they took their job very, very seriously as we saw both during the trial, the attention they pay to the evidence during the trial come the presentations of the lawyers and the fact that they have now spent almost nine full days deliberating, trying to reach a fair and just result under the evidence of the law. and all i can say is thank goodness we live in a country that has the kind of system that we have. and i think those jurors were an exemplar for what juries are supposed to do in this country. the second thing i want to say just a word about is responsibility. and this is about me. i want to make sure that everyone hears from me and from my voice that while i do not believe that i did anything illegal or eve
my colleague -- >> will take a break to go live to greensboro, north carolina. this trial has been declared in the campaign-finance chickens from a presidential candidate, john edwards. is to add words to make a statement outside the courthouse. >> well, i wanted to say first, thank you for the jurors and their incredibly hard work and their diligence. they took their job very, very seriously as we saw both during the trial, the attention they pay to the evidence during the trial...
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carolina, you're on with robert draper, author of "don't ask what good we do." >> caller: thank you. i think that we really recognize the significant have been needing that the top 15 republicans. i think they actually do have said their one goal would make this one president failed one of the things that looked like they decided to do this is a record about how un- everything the president and only if the goal was to make the president failed and people didn't make any difference in the end. >> guest: well, the goal was to regain power. it's a distinction without a difference. pentagon, i've reported this at length in my book truth is that the reporters have written about this before, but it's a paragraph here come the paragraph there. i interviewed most of the 15 participants and that a granular sense of what happened. again it wasn't business areas needing her the great power inserted behind the curtain decides what's going to happen in america. it's a bunch of guys who have gotten their kicked lately and as frank went bad when he gathered and several relevant hourly mansel weakne
carolina, you're on with robert draper, author of "don't ask what good we do." >> caller: thank you. i think that we really recognize the significant have been needing that the top 15 republicans. i think they actually do have said their one goal would make this one president failed one of the things that looked like they decided to do this is a record about how un- everything the president and only if the goal was to make the president failed and people didn't make any...
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he went in virginia, north carolina, and he said, mr. lincoln's going to win, but that's no republican for the south to so seed. you have no right. we are one nation. the southerners say you can say that in virginia and north carolina, we dare you to go south. he did. he went to georgia, alabama, mississippi, new orleans, and he was pelted with fruit and rocks and he traveled through 23 states. imagine what it would have been like in 1860 to travel to 22 states to campaign in two short months. he drove himself relentlessly. of course, he lost. tried one more time to compromise. he said, no, we're leaving, can't live under republican rule. there was a legend, and i think it's true that during lincoln's address, douglas was there, holding the big hat, and every time lincoln said something, he would say, that's right, he's telling the truth. lincoln had a harder line wanting to call up 75,000 men of rereceivers. no, call up 200,000 reserves. you need to convert them or hang them in 48 hours. they took the aggressive stand. at that point in
he went in virginia, north carolina, and he said, mr. lincoln's going to win, but that's no republican for the south to so seed. you have no right. we are one nation. the southerners say you can say that in virginia and north carolina, we dare you to go south. he did. he went to georgia, alabama, mississippi, new orleans, and he was pelted with fruit and rocks and he traveled through 23 states. imagine what it would have been like in 1860 to travel to 22 states to campaign in two short months....
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wichita is another used with a tracking so there is a town in north carolina that got a court order to track using precise gps tracking, not just the location of 19 cellphone, but all of the cell phones that had called that cell phone, and in that case the actually did get court approval for that although we don't think the court approval was appropriate because what that means is that, you know, if the person who was a target of the investigation could a pizza delivery company and the law enforcement in that tracking that phone or the mother's phone in addition to the subject of the investigation i think that is a particularly extensive use of cellphone tracking and the other example the can up recently the regenerated for the support that we have and for what previously is the practice of power dumps to read this is the process of all you could get it in 15 or 30 depending on what the cellphone law enforcement agencies like paying the assault on carrier and that means all of innocent people are getting their information handed over to the government because many, many people often us
wichita is another used with a tracking so there is a town in north carolina that got a court order to track using precise gps tracking, not just the location of 19 cellphone, but all of the cell phones that had called that cell phone, and in that case the actually did get court approval for that although we don't think the court approval was appropriate because what that means is that, you know, if the person who was a target of the investigation could a pizza delivery company and the law...
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carolina where they were needed, they were in the new caltrans of the southwest. an owner, quite often, might have what he considered excess capacity. he would sell off one or two slaves here, almost always, breaking up families because what sold and dropped money in the marketplace where people age 15 to 30 years. husbands wives, brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers and their children. they would be sent to richmond, which was a bit of a gathering place. most of the slaves purchased there were not by slave owners, but by other slave traders. they would march from overland, where the men would be chained together to buy two, and the women not change, marching at the back of the group. they would walk as far as from richmond to new orleans. as the railroad system grew more complete, it was more common for slaves to be sent by railroad. then they would be sold again in new orleans and to slave owners at that point and then put to work in the cotton and sugar filled. >> what was the going price? the going price varied and continued to increase. one of the things
carolina where they were needed, they were in the new caltrans of the southwest. an owner, quite often, might have what he considered excess capacity. he would sell off one or two slaves here, almost always, breaking up families because what sold and dropped money in the marketplace where people age 15 to 30 years. husbands wives, brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers and their children. they would be sent to richmond, which was a bit of a gathering place. most of the slaves purchased there...
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in fact, that is the north carolina go to the president and thanked him for this veto. so the principle of the establishment was one still central to baptist identity. we don't have any response or record of the responses mississippi baptist i suppose they're less happy in the north carolina converse. after 1800 according to gca stagg, editor of the papers of james madison university of virginia, stagg told me we don't have any record after 1800 madison made any positive comments about christianity that is as a doctrine. you might think does that mean he was a religious? the answer is no, he called religious references from his correspondence. so we don't have his ruminations on religion. why is that? it is because he thought public figure should not be trying to influence you by the weight of their names or offices and what kind of religion you follow. we know that was his opinion because circa 1819 has scribbled notes, which historians have called detached memoranda on subjects in one of the once he came to his of religion and he said he didn't think there should eat
in fact, that is the north carolina go to the president and thanked him for this veto. so the principle of the establishment was one still central to baptist identity. we don't have any response or record of the responses mississippi baptist i suppose they're less happy in the north carolina converse. after 1800 according to gca stagg, editor of the papers of james madison university of virginia, stagg told me we don't have any record after 1800 madison made any positive comments about...
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continental tire announced their largest investment in north carolina -- in south carolina. he was either continental tire, which is a great one, or austin candy. either way, a great economic development, lots of jobs. one of the stories that they talked about was we got all the stops and did you see the governor's shoes? i was shocked by that. the number of people that e-mail me and ask, you know, why don't you worry is correct you should wear innings. he don't look finished. it's because i'm allergic to metal and i can't do that. but it is -- i will tell you, gentlemen goes back to there are not enough women in office. you have hillary clinton who went through that. they talked about her hair and clothes. sir palen went to that. they talked about her glasses and pursuits. i go through that. but you just have to laugh it off. what we have to do is work a little bit harder. and what we have to do is make sure that we focus on results. it's not what they say, it's what we do. it is about the jobs of cycling in and the reforms that i do. you know, i can make jokes about having
continental tire announced their largest investment in north carolina -- in south carolina. he was either continental tire, which is a great one, or austin candy. either way, a great economic development, lots of jobs. one of the stories that they talked about was we got all the stops and did you see the governor's shoes? i was shocked by that. the number of people that e-mail me and ask, you know, why don't you worry is correct you should wear innings. he don't look finished. it's because i'm...
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north carolina and rhode island because it was missing the bill of rights. this was common. the common denominator is they oppose the constitution. some believe you could not have the union, independent states but they did not being and a government could avert oversee the entire continent. the objection to the constitution was centered around missing a bill of rights. well washington took the oath new york was agitating for the new constitutional convention. they were terrified. they thought it was infiltrated and the constitution would be done away and the union would be fractured. never to come together again. >> i am rabin up citizens of london that came out a couple years ago. a marvelous history of edward r. murrow reporting back to the united states with strongly held views to get to into the war. and able her and then sent over by president roosevelt to deal with our foreign-aid program for england. and the ambassador of course, kennedy was partial to the germans and i suspect that is why roosevelt brought him home. of marvelous book about the three of them. with chu
north carolina and rhode island because it was missing the bill of rights. this was common. the common denominator is they oppose the constitution. some believe you could not have the union, independent states but they did not being and a government could avert oversee the entire continent. the objection to the constitution was centered around missing a bill of rights. well washington took the oath new york was agitating for the new constitutional convention. they were terrified. they thought...
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the presiding officer: the senator from north carolina is recognized. mr. burr: what's the pending business on the senate floor? the presiding officer: it is grassley amendment number 2121. mr. burr: i ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment and to call up amendment 2130. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from north carolina, mr. burr, for himself and mr. coburn -- mr. burr: i ask unanimous consent it be considered as read. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. burr: madam president, let me also reiterate what my colleague just said, that chairman harkin and ranking member enzi have done a wonderful job with a very complicated bill, navigating what was a negotiation that members of congress never played a part of, negotiation that happens between the food and drug administration and the pharmaceutical industry for one piece, the device industry for another piece, and the generic drug industry for a third piece and i might say that third piece, this is firs
the presiding officer: the senator from north carolina is recognized. mr. burr: what's the pending business on the senate floor? the presiding officer: it is grassley amendment number 2121. mr. burr: i ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment and to call up amendment 2130. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from north carolina, mr. burr, for himself and mr. coburn -- mr. burr: i ask unanimous consent it be...
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and i was in several in north carolina just this past week. usda is fully committed to providing all the assistance it can to help them 101,000 american schools, public and private, that participate in the national school lunch program. we are committed to provide the kind of assistance to help them to get from where they are today to where they all need to be. well, the changes in the school, and the standards for the school breakfast program, there are 12 million children that have breakfast at school each day, and that number is on the rise, those changes will be phased in over three years to make it easier for schools to comply. but the act also strengthens global wellness policies, as i travel the country i try to meet with state health directors, people trained in public health, to emphasize for them the opportunity to have as public health authorities or health directors to reinforce and to support the efforts in schools to promote health and spirit just a week or so ago we published what many schools across the country have been awaiti
and i was in several in north carolina just this past week. usda is fully committed to providing all the assistance it can to help them 101,000 american schools, public and private, that participate in the national school lunch program. we are committed to provide the kind of assistance to help them to get from where they are today to where they all need to be. well, the changes in the school, and the standards for the school breakfast program, there are 12 million children that have breakfast...
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we don't have those in north carolina. we have a handful of cities and counties out of the 625 cities and counties that have what they call domestic partner benefits. but the measure would not prohibit those cities and counties frombenefits if they do it in a different way. objective criteria, who lives in the household. >> but if it's the same in the end, if you have to say these benefits go to someone who pays rent in my house or someone i share my home or roommate, there is still a partner, so in the if they get the benefit why all the fuss going through this? >> well, i don't consider it a fuss at all to re-establish marriage in north carolina as one man and one woman. also prohibits polygamy. that is the best environment for raising children in a society. >> what many people don't seem to know, amendment one would dissolve partnerships of straight couples. >> i don't know what you mean by that. the amendment specifically allows contracts between individuals to be enforced if you would tell me what you mean i could add
we don't have those in north carolina. we have a handful of cities and counties out of the 625 cities and counties that have what they call domestic partner benefits. but the measure would not prohibit those cities and counties frombenefits if they do it in a different way. objective criteria, who lives in the household. >> but if it's the same in the end, if you have to say these benefits go to someone who pays rent in my house or someone i share my home or roommate, there is still a...
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carolina and all refer back to the quote quite a day. often times to get the statement signed fathers are just a combative group of people who didn't agree on anything. what founders are you talking about? beyond the sum of the big names are maybes know some of the big names, but you probably heard of alexander hamilton. you've probably heard of james madison and john jay. he the authors of the federalist papers. so most do whatever the constitution and think they understand the constitutional look at the documents and maybe look at the federalist papers and say that's it. but it's deeper than that. it goes much deeper than that. the federalist papers are not as important as you think. they're written in new york and they didn't have much of an impact in new york itself because the city of new york of new york when they ratified the constitution by three votes. three of those. so 85 essays people say are the definitive source on the constitution didn't have much impact at the time. but there are others of the founding generation who perh
carolina and all refer back to the quote quite a day. often times to get the statement signed fathers are just a combative group of people who didn't agree on anything. what founders are you talking about? beyond the sum of the big names are maybes know some of the big names, but you probably heard of alexander hamilton. you've probably heard of james madison and john jay. he the authors of the federalist papers. so most do whatever the constitution and think they understand the constitutional...
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in a state like north carolina, we expect to see where the range of 50,000 to $100,000 on average. but these are substantial changes for the families. and just to be clear, the requirement in the settlement is that not just the principal reduction happens, but there's demonstrated ability for the family to pay and remain in the home for at least 90 days. so what is critical that happens is that it gets the family to a sustainable level that will keep them in their home long-term. >> thank you. >> following up a conversation we started in february last year in front of the committee, we want to be supportive of what the department and fha do to ensure the long-term viability of federal insurance program. to that end we spoken about how to strength and enforcement authorities available to the fha. can you talk about some of the changes the fha would like to see in order to help it manage the risk posed by the noncompliance on the part of fha approved lenders? >> this is critical and there are two major changes that we have been seeking in legislation , we are working actively with yo
in a state like north carolina, we expect to see where the range of 50,000 to $100,000 on average. but these are substantial changes for the families. and just to be clear, the requirement in the settlement is that not just the principal reduction happens, but there's demonstrated ability for the family to pay and remain in the home for at least 90 days. so what is critical that happens is that it gets the family to a sustainable level that will keep them in their home long-term. >> thank...
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and as north carolina considers rewriting its constitution to ban same sex marriage, a north carolina pastor steps up and rewrites the question every voter should be asking themselves before they cast that vote tomorrow in north carolina. you will hear what that pastor has to say next. people with a machine. what ? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello ? ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. challenge that. olay smooth finish facial hair removal duo. first a gentle balm then the removal cream. effective together with less irritation and as gentle as a feather. olay hair removal duo. do you really think brushing is enough to keep it clean? while brushing misses germs in 75% of your mouth, listerine cleans virtually your entire mouth. so take your oral health to a whole new level. listerine... power to your mouth. ♪ power surge, let it blow your mind. [ male announcer ] for fruits, veggies and natural green tea energy... new v8 v-fusion plus energy. could've had a v8. >>
and as north carolina considers rewriting its constitution to ban same sex marriage, a north carolina pastor steps up and rewrites the question every voter should be asking themselves before they cast that vote tomorrow in north carolina. you will hear what that pastor has to say next. people with a machine. what ? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello ? ally bank. no nonsense. just...
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and as north carolina considers rewriting its constitution to ban same sex marriage, a north carolina pastor steps up and rewrites the question every voter should be asking themselves before they cast that vote tomorrow in north carolina. you will hear what that pastor has to say next. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] virtual wallet can help you be that person who's good with money. see what's free to spend. move money with a slide. save with a shake. feel good about your decisions. but last year my daughter was checking up on me. i wasn't eating well. she's a dietitian, and she suggests that i try boost complete nutritional drink to help get the nutrition i was missing. now i drink it every day and i love the great taste. [ female announcer ] boost has 26 essential vitamins and minerals, including calcium and vitamin d to help keep bones strong and 10 grams of protein to help maintain muscle. and our great taste is guaranteed or your money back. learn more at boost.com. [ dad ] i choose great taste. i choose boost. learn more at boost.com. today is gonna be an important day for us. you
and as north carolina considers rewriting its constitution to ban same sex marriage, a north carolina pastor steps up and rewrites the question every voter should be asking themselves before they cast that vote tomorrow in north carolina. you will hear what that pastor has to say next. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] virtual wallet can help you be that person who's good with money. see what's free to spend. move money with a slide. save with a shake. feel good about your decisions. but last year...
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this as north carolina votes today on defining marriage as being only between a man and a woman. >>> and the scramble to find out what al qaeda is up to in the wake of a yemen plot to blow up planes in the u.s. using a device undetectable by those airport security scanners. what it means for flyers here at home. >>> and astounding new statistics on obesity in america, the price tag in terms of health costs staggering. >>> hi, everybody. i'm thomas roberts. a lot on the agenda this morning. we get straight to it. now that he's off the campaign trail, it appears that rick santorum is a late-night kind of guy. his first appearance since endorsing former rival mitt romney will be later today on "the tonight show" with jay leno. santorum's written endorsement was also released while many of you are probably sleeping. he didn't get to the actual endorsement part until paragraph 13. in that part he wrote, above all else, we both agree that president obama must be defeated, the task will not be easy, it will require all hands on deck if our moum is to be victorious. joining me for today's po
this as north carolina votes today on defining marriage as being only between a man and a woman. >>> and the scramble to find out what al qaeda is up to in the wake of a yemen plot to blow up planes in the u.s. using a device undetectable by those airport security scanners. what it means for flyers here at home. >>> and astounding new statistics on obesity in america, the price tag in terms of health costs staggering. >>> hi, everybody. i'm thomas roberts. a lot on...
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mark in durham north carolina. hi, mark. >> good morning. >> hello. >> calling from north carolina with suggestion on how to deal with the confusion about the for versus against on the marriage amendment. >> okay. >> put obama bumper stickers in the lower-right-hand corner of the sign so it is clear who's side you are on. >> so we want to vote against. >> vote yes or no. >> no! attention north carolina vote against amendment one. thank you. [ nbc "nightly news" theme ] >> thank you. all right. let's go to vince in norfolk, virginia. >> hey steph. president obama is straight out of central casting. whenever you see like a black president in a movie, or a black police chief they are always calm, cool wise. you know this guy is everything we have ever written -- >> yeah i love the specials on the bin laden raid. i don't know if you saw the interview -- >> yeah i did. calm, cool even when he was asked the question about were you elated upon his death. he took time to answer it. he said i wouldn't say it was a high five
mark in durham north carolina. hi, mark. >> good morning. >> hello. >> calling from north carolina with suggestion on how to deal with the confusion about the for versus against on the marriage amendment. >> okay. >> put obama bumper stickers in the lower-right-hand corner of the sign so it is clear who's side you are on. >> so we want to vote against. >> vote yes or no. >> no! attention north carolina vote against amendment one. thank you. [ nbc...
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so everybody is safe in north carolina this morning. whoo! from the gays. >> they stopped evolution for another year. >> we're going to stop evolution from happening. >> we can't let it happen. >> i'm not though. i'm going to the middle of the country. i'm going to minneapolis. >> right you are. >> stephanie: i'm going to minnesota. >> downtown at one of the theatres. >> stephanie: you know what? everybody likes to bring a dish to pass when we do sexy liberal in minneapolis. kate and rad made their own promo. let's see my lovely talented girlfriend asked me to send promo. >> hello. high ya, sandy. oh yeah, i'm ready for the sexy liberal show. i even shaved my legs this month. ya! because you know i got the v.i.p. meet and grope tickets. ya, you betcha i did! oh, did you hear that stephanie is single now? ya! ya! ya! i don't think she would be interested sandy. i hear she likes them real young. like lindsay lohan young and pretty. okay then. i'll see you about noon on saturday. we gotta get that sexy on early. whoop whoop. stephanie miller sex
so everybody is safe in north carolina this morning. whoo! from the gays. >> they stopped evolution for another year. >> we're going to stop evolution from happening. >> we can't let it happen. >> i'm not though. i'm going to the middle of the country. i'm going to minneapolis. >> right you are. >> stephanie: i'm going to minnesota. >> downtown at one of the theatres. >> stephanie: you know what? everybody likes to bring a dish to pass when we do...
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it's a pleasure to be here in north carolina. um, foreign policy and focus is on the web at fpif.org, and i do a regular column there every week, so i encourage you to go there and check out the work we do. tonight i thought, you know, i'll be talking about my book, "crusade: 2.0," which is about islamphobia, published by city lights great press, and instead of reading from the book, i thought i would just do a presentation for you in four parts. and the four parts are going to be a visit, a poem, an e-mail and then, finally, a political ad. but let's start with the visit. a couple weeks ago i went up to new york city, and i visited park 51 which is an interesting islamic cultural center, and there i saw the different programs that they have available. they teach arabic, they teach calligraphy, they have a course on a brazilian martial art. it was a fascinating -- occurs to me you might not know what i'm talking about. because you might not recognize park 551, the actual name, because you might be more familiar with the name that
it's a pleasure to be here in north carolina. um, foreign policy and focus is on the web at fpif.org, and i do a regular column there every week, so i encourage you to go there and check out the work we do. tonight i thought, you know, i'll be talking about my book, "crusade: 2.0," which is about islamphobia, published by city lights great press, and instead of reading from the book, i thought i would just do a presentation for you in four parts. and the four parts are going to be a...
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you go to walmart, and they say it's made in north carolina. they said i'd like to sell it. it's very good. you're charging us 19.95. it's got to be $9.95. i can't do that. the family has to eat. i can't do that. they're going to take it to china. they're happy to do that. it depends on the business. tvs are different than sleeping bags. walmart becoming and agent of the pla. it becomes an agent of the chinese government. walk down the aisle and check how many things are made in china in walmart. how many? >> 85% of it. >> while that's happening the people who would have made the things who had real jobs in the middle class here are on the street. >> are they or asking biotechnology. >> no. ipse the guys who used to take furniture in north carolina they're not selling chairs through walmart. so there are people who have been retrained but not enough of them. and i don't know what the numbers are. let's guess maybe 30% get retrained in a good jobs. the rest are getting -- they're getting jobs for $7 an hour. they used to get $20. i'm not against competition. here's an interes
you go to walmart, and they say it's made in north carolina. they said i'd like to sell it. it's very good. you're charging us 19.95. it's got to be $9.95. i can't do that. the family has to eat. i can't do that. they're going to take it to china. they're happy to do that. it depends on the business. tvs are different than sleeping bags. walmart becoming and agent of the pla. it becomes an agent of the chinese government. walk down the aisle and check how many things are made in china in...
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in north carolina, the focus is on an amendment to ban gay marriage in the state of north carolina even though it's already banned there. much of the campaign against the aents-gay amendment has focused on the fact that it's language would not just ban marriage rights for same sex couple, it would ban all legal rights for all unmarried couples in the state. there are hundreds of thousands of unmarried couples who have some recognized legal status whether it's around child custody or police and prosecutor being able to protect you against domestic violence. that point about unmarried couples who aren't gay, that point said the anti-gay amendment will hurt them in north carolina by making the state an unattractive place to recruit top talent to work, those arguments and not the gay rights arguments were the focus of this robo call from bill clinton. >> i'm calling to urge you to vote against amendment one. fp it passes it won't change north carolina's law on marriage. what it will change is north carolina's ability to keep good businesses, attract new jobs and attract and keep talented en
in north carolina, the focus is on an amendment to ban gay marriage in the state of north carolina even though it's already banned there. much of the campaign against the aents-gay amendment has focused on the fact that it's language would not just ban marriage rights for same sex couple, it would ban all legal rights for all unmarried couples in the state. there are hundreds of thousands of unmarried couples who have some recognized legal status whether it's around child custody or police and...
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and north carolina has a demmic governor. and i don't think there has been enough education around -- about it. and the fact that they already have a gay ban in place. this is basically republican mischief, and in 2004 the fact that there was gay marriage on the ballot in a number of places including ohio a lot of democrats think that kerry would have won ohio if that gay marriage issue wasn't there. this issue can burn. i don't think it can burn as much as it did in '04, but in selective places it is very important to people and i think that if -- if the president gets out too far in front, it hurts him with swing voters with african-americans, with hispanics. they are not as far out on this issue as a lot of us urban dwellers. >> richard lugar has lost in his primary to richard murdoch. if you can tell us the impact of that and really the tea party side of it. >> the tea party has lost a lot -- lot of its strength i think but it can still be powerful in a lot of places -- >> and richard lugar was the longest-serving republi
and north carolina has a demmic governor. and i don't think there has been enough education around -- about it. and the fact that they already have a gay ban in place. this is basically republican mischief, and in 2004 the fact that there was gay marriage on the ballot in a number of places including ohio a lot of democrats think that kerry would have won ohio if that gay marriage issue wasn't there. this issue can burn. i don't think it can burn as much as it did in '04, but in selective...
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we've had a huge early turnout good nor north carolina and voters. at the end of the day we'll know. we have seven or eight more hours of voting and i'm urging everybody to get out and vote no in north carolina. this hurts our brand. our state has been known around america and around the world as a prossive leader, inviting state. the hub of business and opportunity. this is bad for business. >> do you think that the democratic party should hold its convention in this state if it ends up passing a constitutional amendment like this? let me ask you this? do you think charlotte if this amendment was on the books works that have cost charlotte the democratic convention? >> no. charlotte was chosen because of the spirit of north carolina, and because the president and his team really has, had great experience in this state. nobody thought he could carry this state in 2008. he's going to carry the state in 2012. the conventional going to give a lot of people an opportunity to see north carolina. it will give us a showcase around the world a great place to
we've had a huge early turnout good nor north carolina and voters. at the end of the day we'll know. we have seven or eight more hours of voting and i'm urging everybody to get out and vote no in north carolina. this hurts our brand. our state has been known around america and around the world as a prossive leader, inviting state. the hub of business and opportunity. this is bad for business. >> do you think that the democratic party should hold its convention in this state if it ends up...
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carolina. >> north carolina is an outlier. what was going on was the kind of demagoguing -- it is 33 out of 34 times when gay marriage has been defeated. didn't matter if bill clinton did robo calls and explained it had nothing to do -- how many times can you say something is illegal? it was already illegal. but that's never the point. this is about what karl rove said in 2004. you put these things on the ballot, they were on 12 ballots in 2004. that tipped the vote in ohio. you had a caller a minute ago who points out the president may say that he's evolving on this and he's struggling with it. but count on the fact that if this does depress african-american turnout, even by a couple of points, if he were to come out before the election and do what joe biden did on sunday and say it doesn't matter to me, then that's a problem for a potential mitt romney presidency. that's what we're dealing with. >> stephanie: so david if you were advising the president as you have campaigned since rutherford b. hayes, what would you tell him
carolina. >> north carolina is an outlier. what was going on was the kind of demagoguing -- it is 33 out of 34 times when gay marriage has been defeated. didn't matter if bill clinton did robo calls and explained it had nothing to do -- how many times can you say something is illegal? it was already illegal. but that's never the point. this is about what karl rove said in 2004. you put these things on the ballot, they were on 12 ballots in 2004. that tipped the vote in ohio. you had a...
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chairman steele, i want to remind everybody about north carolina voting today on amendment one. that defines marriage between a man and a woman. the president hasn't taken a firm stance on marriage equality. but he has come out against amendment one. if the president does voice support of marriage equality, does he risk alienating voters in key battleground states like north carolina, florida, virginia? >> yes, he does. that's the political calculation here. i would agree with my friend jonathan capehart on the substance of it in terms of what the president should do. we all know where he stands. this idea floating around washington that the president is going to come out for supporting gay marriage after the election is just inane. people looking for principle leadership, if it's a part of your core, we expect you to stand firm in it, regardless of what the polls say or how a particular group in a battleground state may interpret it. the reality is right now, the country is looking for principled leadership as much as people want to jam up mitt romney on what happened in that l
chairman steele, i want to remind everybody about north carolina voting today on amendment one. that defines marriage between a man and a woman. the president hasn't taken a firm stance on marriage equality. but he has come out against amendment one. if the president does voice support of marriage equality, does he risk alienating voters in key battleground states like north carolina, florida, virginia? >> yes, he does. that's the political calculation here. i would agree with my friend...
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host: we'll go to our north carolina line for our voters in north carolina. david is waiting on the independent line. he wants to talk to our pope. caller: good morning. i am an independent thinker. long time resident of north carolina. you have not really mentioned the onslaught that conservatives had to withstand from the media. just a few years ago, we had our first republican governor in north carolina. now have a republican legislature. all we are trying to do is level the field of ideas. i think you have been instrumental in doing that. i wonder seeking comment about the other forces that are impacting, if you well, the media, the newspapers. people like that. i will hang up. thank you. guest: well, in north carolina, like in many states, at the national level, our main newspapers do strongly leaned liberal or democratic. for years, the only endorsed democratic candidates. occasionally, now they endorse republicans. the media is predominately for liberal policies and of the democratic party. we have had a situation where the left started attacking repub
host: we'll go to our north carolina line for our voters in north carolina. david is waiting on the independent line. he wants to talk to our pope. caller: good morning. i am an independent thinker. long time resident of north carolina. you have not really mentioned the onslaught that conservatives had to withstand from the media. just a few years ago, we had our first republican governor in north carolina. now have a republican legislature. all we are trying to do is level the field of ideas....
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caller: north carolina is a beautiful state. i would agree with the mayor that president obama inherited a bad hand. however, i will call it political spin to say that because the unemployment rate is coming down, his policies are working. because the unemployment rate has been coming down because the labor force has been shrinking because people are dropping out. now, i'm 64 years old so i remember that ronald reagan came into office and he inherited an economic situation similar to that which obama inherited. the unemployment rate reached 10.8% early in his presidency. but his prescription was almost the exact opposite of obama's. his prescription was smaller government, lower taxes and less government regulation. and 3 1/2 years into his presidency, our economy was creating more than 300,000 jobs a month despite the fact that the population of the country was smaller then than it is now. host: i'll stop you there. thank you for the call and the comment. mayor foxx said one of the pages that the romney campaign hopes to use in
caller: north carolina is a beautiful state. i would agree with the mayor that president obama inherited a bad hand. however, i will call it political spin to say that because the unemployment rate is coming down, his policies are working. because the unemployment rate has been coming down because the labor force has been shrinking because people are dropping out. now, i'm 64 years old so i remember that ronald reagan came into office and he inherited an economic situation similar to that which...
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north carolina and rhode island did not ratify the constitution because they were concerned it was missing a guarantee of fundamental liberties. this was common for the anti-federalist throughout the country. the common denominator among the answers are which james monroe was one, they opposed the constitution. many came out from different tables. some believed you could not have a union that covered all these different and diverse dates. they believe in independent states or regional confederacies, but they didn't think that any government can ever be suitable to this entire continent. james monroe
north carolina and rhode island did not ratify the constitution because they were concerned it was missing a guarantee of fundamental liberties. this was common for the anti-federalist throughout the country. the common denominator among the answers are which james monroe was one, they opposed the constitution. many came out from different tables. some believed you could not have a union that covered all these different and diverse dates. they believe in independent states or regional...
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butterfield representing the first congressional district of north carolina. let me just think the internal revenue service for their willingness to come today to have this conversation with the spirit did not have to come today. this is a very touchy subject sometimes. very technical, but their willingness to come today to engage in this conversation speaks volumes for the agency. thank you so very much. [applause] prior to serving in congress i serve 15 years as a judge in north carolina. thirteen of those as the trial judge and two years in our state supreme court. when i was a trial judge, for some reason i was assigned the controversial church cases. that was not the only thing that i did, of course, but whenever there was a real sore knee church case, especially involving congregational churches like we have in the baptist church, somehow some way i get the assignment. and so i can relate very easily to the work did you do in my home church and in north carolina. at one time i was the treasurer from my church and trustee for the church. so i understand t
butterfield representing the first congressional district of north carolina. let me just think the internal revenue service for their willingness to come today to have this conversation with the spirit did not have to come today. this is a very touchy subject sometimes. very technical, but their willingness to come today to engage in this conversation speaks volumes for the agency. thank you so very much. [applause] prior to serving in congress i serve 15 years as a judge in north carolina....
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so the democratic party watching, i think, north carolina, very carefully. >> he had north carolina last time around. >> barely, but had it. we'll see how that plays out. >>> the defense in the john edwards case is gearing up for its own presentation set to begin tomorrow or possibly friday. >> it's still unclear when the most highly anticipated witness will be called to the stand. scott goldberg is joining us with the latest testimony. good morning, scott. >> reporter: good morning rob and sunny. maybe today will be the day that the jury hears from rielle hunter. she did not take the stand yesterday. instead the jury heard testimony that even after his affair with her made headlines, john edwards still thought he had a bright future in politics. late in the afternoon, wendy button, a former speechwriter for john edwards testified the former presidential candidate knew a wealthy benefactor, fred baron, was spending money to cover up the affair with rielle hunter and support the baby edwards had with her. it's something edwards has long denied and could turn out to be pivotal testimony. e
so the democratic party watching, i think, north carolina, very carefully. >> he had north carolina last time around. >> barely, but had it. we'll see how that plays out. >>> the defense in the john edwards case is gearing up for its own presentation set to begin tomorrow or possibly friday. >> it's still unclear when the most highly anticipated witness will be called to the stand. scott goldberg is joining us with the latest testimony. good morning, scott. >>...
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. >> in 96 we went down to north carolina. it was a long walk and they had come out and these guys were very tough guy is, they were not the guys i grew up with. one of them came up to me and said - lead off -- a donley in mexico training his replacement to do his job and he says all over the country. and i argued that in '92. you build these trade agreements and bring the chinese and and those every manufacturing job in the country. you know in the last decade, 2000 to 2010, this country lost 6 million manufacturing jobs and 55,000 factories gone. one in every three manufacturing jobs we have had are gone. what are we giving to the middle class, the working class in this country when we are taking away all their jobs? my view is if it can be made in the united states it should be made in the united states. in hamilton you go to those old republicans -- [applause] they believe that. the old republicans that built this economy, hamilton, henry clay, lincoln, mckinley. we wrote a book the great betrayal. they are discouraged in
. >> in 96 we went down to north carolina. it was a long walk and they had come out and these guys were very tough guy is, they were not the guys i grew up with. one of them came up to me and said - lead off -- a donley in mexico training his replacement to do his job and he says all over the country. and i argued that in '92. you build these trade agreements and bring the chinese and and those every manufacturing job in the country. you know in the last decade, 2000 to 2010, this country...
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north carolina and rhode island did not ratify the constitution because of their concern that it was missing a bill of rights. i guarantee a fundamental liberty. this was common for the anti-federalist throughout the continent. the common denominator among the anti-federalist of which james monroe was one, was that they oppose the constitution. many of them came at it from different angles. some of them genuinely believed he could not have the union that covered all of these different and diverse states. they believed an independent state or perhaps original confederacies but they didn't think any government could ever be suitable for this entire continent. james renaud represented them at -- majority of anti-federalist opinion and that his objection to the constitution was centered around missing the bill of rights. while washington took the oath of office, two states, new york and virginia where agitating for a new constitutional convention. in the words of james madison and george washington, they were terrified of this prospect or do they believed it would be infiltrated by enemi
north carolina and rhode island did not ratify the constitution because of their concern that it was missing a bill of rights. i guarantee a fundamental liberty. this was common for the anti-federalist throughout the continent. the common denominator among the anti-federalist of which james monroe was one, was that they oppose the constitution. many of them came at it from different angles. some of them genuinely believed he could not have the union that covered all of these different and...
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. >> never has north carolina loomed so large in presidential politics. in 2008. senator obama carried the tar heel state and 15 electoral votes by .4%, fewer than 14,000 votes. four years later the state's population of the registered voters between 18 and 25 has plunged by nearly 50,000. with more than 80% of the vanished voters registered democrats. >> while the nation's unemployment rate stands at # .2%, at no time in the obama presidency has north carolina's jobless rate dipped below #.5% -- 9.5%. in 35 of the 3 months that obama has been in the oval office, north carolina jobless rate stood above 10 or 11%. on a visit to metal works in charlotte, presumptive g.o.p. nominee mitt romney sought to stoke the discontent. >> the recovery has been the slowest, most tepid since hoover. it's that way because president policy has not encouraged the policy to grow. they scare the dickens out of banks and scare the dickens out of insurance companies a scared employees in manufacturing sector. >> they might respond to the endorsement of gay marriage by obama coming waun
. >> never has north carolina loomed so large in presidential politics. in 2008. senator obama carried the tar heel state and 15 electoral votes by .4%, fewer than 14,000 votes. four years later the state's population of the registered voters between 18 and 25 has plunged by nearly 50,000. with more than 80% of the vanished voters registered democrats. >> while the nation's unemployment rate stands at # .2%, at no time in the obama presidency has north carolina's jobless rate dipped...
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been together 45 years will share their reaction to the north carolina north carolina vote to ban marriage equality and today's announcement by the president. they will share that, along with zack walls, who will give us his reaction and both of his mother's reactions. and the rewrite tonight, the fox news host who says president obama is on the right side of history. coming up. [ male announcer ] at home, you play a lot of roles. [ son ] mom, computer's broke! where's i.t. mom? she quit. [ male announcer ] even with technology -- it's all you. that's why you've got us. get up to $200 dollars off select computers. staples that was easy. today training depends on technology. and when it takes a battery, there are athletes everywhere who trust duracell. they rely on copper to go for the gold. duracell. trusted everywhere. i'm here to unleash my inner cowboy. instead i got heartburn. [ horse neighs ] hold up partner. prilosec isn't for fast relief. try alka-seltzer. it kills heartburn fast. yeehaw! ♪ power surge, let it blow your mind. [ male announcer ] for fruits, veggies and natural gree
been together 45 years will share their reaction to the north carolina north carolina vote to ban marriage equality and today's announcement by the president. they will share that, along with zack walls, who will give us his reaction and both of his mother's reactions. and the rewrite tonight, the fox news host who says president obama is on the right side of history. coming up. [ male announcer ] at home, you play a lot of roles. [ son ] mom, computer's broke! where's i.t. mom? she quit. [...
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i have been in prison 23 times serving 28 months in a federal penitentiary and 30 days on a north carolina change gang. i have seen periods of progress followed by reaction. i have seen the hopes and aspirations of negroes rise during world war ii. only to be smashed with the eisenhower years. i have seen the victories of the kennedy, and johnson administrations destroyed by richard nixon. i have seen black young people become more and more bitter. i have seen dope addiction rise in the negro communities across the country. i have been at the bombed church. my best friends, my closest associates, and my colleagues in arms have been beaten, and assassinated. yet, to remain human, and to fulfill my commitment to a just society, i must continue to fight for the liberation of all. there will be times when each of us will have doubts, but i trust that neither of us will desert our great cause. sincerely bayard rustin. that for me, is one of the most moving letters in the book. he wrote that a little more than a year after the asash nation of martin martin luther king, jr. and a little more than
i have been in prison 23 times serving 28 months in a federal penitentiary and 30 days on a north carolina change gang. i have seen periods of progress followed by reaction. i have seen the hopes and aspirations of negroes rise during world war ii. only to be smashed with the eisenhower years. i have seen the victories of the kennedy, and johnson administrations destroyed by richard nixon. i have seen black young people become more and more bitter. i have seen dope addiction rise in the negro...
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he was elected the first female governor in 2010 in north carolina. her parents immigrate to the u.s. describes her childhood as a prejudice her family faced. it's about forty five minutes. [applause] >> thank you, arthur. it's a privilege to be here. i noticed at this time yesterday, you were on the view being questioned by joy. hopefully we can elevate things a bit. >> quite the experience, i will tell you that. >> exactly. it is a privilege to be here in part because it's a wonderful book. arthur touched on your personal story. i brought with me two of my daughters today. because i think it's so important for all of us to be able to spend times with strong competent leaders and because i think that your experience really puts the lie in my ways, to the notion that there's a republican war on women somehow. but, i want to start with a story you tell in the book about your run off and in the general election when you were running for governor. and you talk about one your opponents attorney general mcmaster. and the extent to which you're battle was o
he was elected the first female governor in 2010 in north carolina. her parents immigrate to the u.s. describes her childhood as a prejudice her family faced. it's about forty five minutes. [applause] >> thank you, arthur. it's a privilege to be here. i noticed at this time yesterday, you were on the view being questioned by joy. hopefully we can elevate things a bit. >> quite the experience, i will tell you that. >> exactly. it is a privilege to be here in part because it's a...
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there could be fallout in north carolina. but, yes, they also blow they can make up for that with young voters, the president kicked off the rallies on saturday kicking off the campaign, two college campuses. and the college democrats and college republicans often oppose each other but coming together on an issue like same-sex marriage and something to watch, african-american turn out. if you look at poll this is a significant majority of african-american voter whose do not support same-sex marriage. obviously they are counting on a big turn out among the african-american voters. the white house insists it will not hurt town out with african-american voters but that is something to watch. >>neil: great reporting, ed. where is romney? he is expected to take questions from reporters and this will come out, oklahoma city, i apologize and he will take questions on this, no doubt, and mitt romney will also be my special guest on this show tomorrow. and the race was already mechanic -- neck and neck. do you take the focus off the e
there could be fallout in north carolina. but, yes, they also blow they can make up for that with young voters, the president kicked off the rallies on saturday kicking off the campaign, two college campuses. and the college democrats and college republicans often oppose each other but coming together on an issue like same-sex marriage and something to watch, african-american turn out. if you look at poll this is a significant majority of african-american voter whose do not support same-sex...
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it is election day in north carolina. voters are going to the poll to decide if the state should become the 31st with a constitutional amendment that says marriage should be between a man and a woman. it has been hotly contested with spending by both sides topping $3 million. it's a lot of money to ban same-sex marriage. especially since it's already been banned. that's right. the state already banned gay marriage in 1996. and this amendment doesn't just reban it, it also rurts civil unions and domestic partnerships for straight couples as well as for gay ones. one of the most vocal opponent of the amendment has been democratic governor bev perdue, who called it bad for families in an ad released last month. but unfortunately, it is just the latest extreme proposal she's had to fight back against. republicans of north carolina have been on a right wing thrill ride since taking over the state legislature in 2010. but governor purdue has vetoed a record 16 bills to protect the people in her state. bills with new abortion re
it is election day in north carolina. voters are going to the poll to decide if the state should become the 31st with a constitutional amendment that says marriage should be between a man and a woman. it has been hotly contested with spending by both sides topping $3 million. it's a lot of money to ban same-sex marriage. especially since it's already been banned. that's right. the state already banned gay marriage in 1996. and this amendment doesn't just reban it, it also rurts civil unions and...